OBIT: William Robert KORNS, 1997, Somerset, Somerset County, PA
  
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  KORNS
  
  Dr. William Robert Korns, 82, Somerset, died July 13, 1997, at his
  residence in Somerset.  Born July 9, 1915, in Somerset.  Son of the
  late Ernest Edmund and Stella Cleo (Glessner) Korns.  Also preceded
  in death by wife, Frieda Louise Weyand, who died Dec. 29, 1988, and
  grandson, Jason Michael Korns, who died Dec. 26, 1991.  Survived by
  these children: Barbara Ann Swanson, widow of Rev. Donald B. Swanson,
  Somerset; son, Richard Edmund and daughter-in-law, Judy Lynn Korns,
  Clifton, Va.; son, Dr. William Preston and daughter-in-law, Mickee
  Jane Korns, Somerset; daughter, Roberta Louise "Bobbi" and son-in-law
  Roger Wayne Long, Hoffman Estates, Ill.; daughter, Linda Jeanne and
  son-in-law, David Troll, Somerset; grandchildren: Brent Richard
  Miller and wife, Mary, North Olmstead, Ohio; Corey Ellis Miller,
  Akron, Ohio; Justin William, Erin L. and Emily Jane Korns, Somerset,
  and Morgan Troll, Somerset.  Also survived by sister, Jeanne
  Elizabeth Clark, Old Lyme, CT.  Member of St. Paul's United Church of
  Christ.  Past member of Somerset Hospital Board.  Member of Somerset
  Rotary Club since 1939 and a Paul Harris Fellow of Rotary
  International; past member of Somerset Borough Council; past member
  of Somerset School Board, member of Somerset Lodge 358, F&AM; Jaffa
  Shrine.  1931 graduate of Somerset High School; attended University
  of Pittsburgh, Johnstown; 1939 graduate of the University of
  Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine.  Retired as well-known
  veterinarian in 1989.  Former Pa. State Representative from
  1956-1964.  Friends received from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday the
  Hauger-Zeigler Funeral Home, Somerset.  Services will be conducted at
  10 a.m. Wednesday at St. Paul's United Church of Christ, Somerset,
  with his niece, the Rev. Stephanie Clark Flynn, and Rev. Joseph Beer
  officiating.  Interment, Reams Cemetery.  Contributions may be sent to
  Handicapped Accessibility Fund, St. Paul's United Church of Christ,
  202 W. Union St., Somerset, Pa. 15501.  No viewing at church.
  
  Daily American, July 15, 1997
  
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